![]() ![]() Stop 1 – View the Big Fiddle and Walk Along the BoardwalkĪ relatively new addition to the city (and such a fitting one), the Big Fiddle greets thousands of cruise ship visitors every summer. During our 2022 visit we even got to dig into the culturally diverse culinary scene in Sydney. After much rediscovery, I now have a checklist things to do in Sydney, one that I follow diligently when I am in town. Gone is the Steel Plant that powered the city’s economy for decades in its place is one the most beautiful outdoor parks in Canada. The city has slowly been changing in the years since I left. During these trips, my appreciation for both Sydney and the surrounding area began to grow. These Christmas visits see us exploring this area of Nova Scotia’s winter activities, and experiencing the island’s beauty, and we visit numerous times in the summer since Akira was born. ![]() Yashy and I take the kids there every second Christmas and summer, hopeful that there will be enough snow for them to build a snowman (hasn’t happened yet – snow always tends to arrive in January when we plan a visit) and in the summer, warm waters to swim in. My father is a still a practicing physician in Sydney and it’s the city where I grew up. For others, it’s just a memory, an intended future vacation spot that may never materialize.ĭisclosure : This post is in partnership with Tourism Nova Scotia but, as always, opinions are TOTALLY ours!Ĭape Breton can be reached by land over the Canso Causeway, by ferry from Newfoundland, or by plane into the Sydney Airport. For those of us with family still living in the area, Cape Breton is a place we visit from time to time. Most of my high school friends went away to university and then never returned home. Assailed by high unemployment after the collapse of the fishing, coal, and steel industries that employed thousands of residents, my picturesque coastal home seems outside of time and space for many of us who grew up and then left the island. Considering the competition, which included Bali and the Galapagos islands, the ranking was a point of pride for Cape Bretoners. ![]() It’s been a mainstay on the list ever since. Our list of things to do in Sydney Nova Scotia was updated in December 2022 -īack in 2009, Cape Breton Island made it to number 3 on Travel and Leisure magazine’s reader list of the best islands in the world. ![]()
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